New England Design... Redefined
Eduardo Souto de Moura won the 2011 Pritzker Prize, a high accolade in the world of architecture. The Portuguese architect worked for 1992 Pritzker Prize winner Alvaro Siza before creating his own office and going on to complete more than 60 projects. The Lord Palumbo, Pritzker Prize jury chairman, said: “During the past three decades,…Read More
Since adults and kids alike seem to have so much on their plates these days, many people are noticing a distinct decline in quality family time. But that’s not so for our residential clients in Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts, who said from the very beginning of the design process that “It’s all about the family.” The…Read More
We were happy to see our name pop up in a recent post by Boston Design: A Blog About Interior & Exterior Home Design. Since they wrote up a post about “TMS Architects: Tales of Two Homes,” we thought it’d be nice to give them a little shout out on our blog. Thanks, Boston Design,…Read More
We discussed earlier this month that not many children say they want to be architects when they grow up. But if Architect Barbie doesn’t encourage more kids to look into the profession, maybe this statistic will: Architects made the list of the top-10 happiest professionals, in fact ranking No. 4. We recently spotted this Freshome…Read More
It’s not news that former editor in chief of Elle Décor, Margaret Russell, has taken the reigns at Architectural Digest. That story broke in August last year. But the changes she’s made to the architecture magazine are definitely still fresh. The New York Times did a great, in-depth article about “unveiling the new Architectural Digest,”…Read More
Portsmouth is buzzing about the April 2011 opening of The Music Hall Loft. Our local restaurant reviewer, Rachel Forrest, wrote about the food in The Portsmouth Herald, the upcoming schedule has been announced and TMS Architects and the entire design/construction team are busy putting the final touches on this new performance space. The Music Hall…Read More
Since he’s such a prominent architectural figure, Frank Lloyd Wright has appeared as the topic of a couple of our blog posts before. Remember the Architectural Fantasy Camp offered by the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust and the Wright-designed Zimmerman House located right here in New Hampshire? Well, Wright has been the subject of more…Read More
Architectural Record recently did a piece on the making of the film “Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural South.” It’s an interesting Q&A with filmmaker Sam Wainwright Douglas, who was 8 years old when he was first introduced to Mockbee. The architect made such an impression on Douglas he was inspired…Read More
A recent post in Architects + Artisans; Drawing the Masters in Pencil, about a young Polish architect who draws works of famous architects with her ever-present 2B pencil led thoughts to one of the most special aspects of TMS Architects… the ability of the architects to produce beautifully-crafted hand renderings . A dying art in…Read More
